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Sanskrit - An ancient global language

Sanskrit - An ancient global language Why am I terming Sanskrit a "global" language and not restricting to just being an Indian language? It's because Sanskrit is the "Mother of all Languages" and even great European philosophers like Voltaire, Immanuel and others acknowledged that Sanskrit was the root of all Indo-European languages. How many times have we unknowingly used words from the Sanskrit vocabulary, even while conversing in English. Its because Sanskrit words got embedded into Greek, Latin and Persian languages during the peak usage of Sanskrit in ancient times and these words have today formed a vast majority of the English language. Mother is derived from "Mathru", brother from "Bratha" are just couple of examples. When people all over the world watched the mega hit Hollywood movie - Avatar, little did they know that the word to describe "alter ego" was borrowed from Sanskrit !! It is a widely acknowledged fact